Curtain-bracket.



PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

B. L. FORSHEE. CURTAIN BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED W. 9, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

m m m M w M MM I ll'Nirnn STATES PATENT Patented September 13, 1904.

FFICE.

CURTAIN-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,056, dated September 13, 1904.

Application filed November 9, 1903. Serial No. 180,399. (No model.)

adjustable after being placed on the windowframe or wherever else required for use, this inventlon making it possible to employ a roller longer than the width of the window-frame.

One object is to provide such a bracket which will be readily adjustable to any width of window-frame or curtain-roller and which will at the same time be composed-of a relatively small number of parts.

Another object is to-provide simple means for holding the bracket in its adjusted position.

Another object is to provide means for easily adjusting the bracket when desired after it has been placed on the window-frame or other part where it is used.

Another object is to provide means for quickly and easily inserting the curtain-roller to the bracket.

Novel details will be apparent from the accompanying drawings,-forming .part hereof,

which show an embodiment of the invention for purposes of illustration, when read in connection with the detail description hereinafter and the appended claim. v

In the drawings like reference characters refer to corresponding parts in the several views, of which Figure 1 is a front View of the invention the same being shown as applied to a windowframe. Fig. 2 is a back view thereof. Fig. 3 is a side view thereof. Fig. 4: is a longitudinal sectional view thereof; and Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view thereof on the line l in,

. descrlbed and the curta1n-roller then inserted Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, A designates a window-frame. The

bracket B comprises two sections 1 and 2, of

any suitable material, arranged to stretch across the wlndow-frame. Section 1 is formed with its longitudinal edges 3 folded over to form retaining-flanges 4E, and section 2 along part at least of its length is made of proper width tofit snugly between and slide longinally-disposed slots 6, through which pass the means for retaining the device to thewindowframe.

justed relatively to each other for the width desired, the sections being thereby held tightly against the window-frame and against lateral movement. Thereafter when it is desired to adjust the sections one or all of the nails or .screws can be loosened in the ordinary way and one or both of the bracket-sections moved to secure the desired width.

At their outer ends sections 1 and 2 are curved laterally and outwardly to form inte: gral bracket ends 7, which comprise the rounded portion 8 and the straight portion 9,

substantially at right angles to sections 1 and 2. Thematerial of which the device is made is preferably such as will give spring in ends 7, andthe rounded portions 8 are formed so as to better permit such spring, and, further, to give more strength in the bracket ends 7 by obviating an angle at the point where such ends are turned out from the bracket-sections 1 and 2, an angle being more apt to break. The straight portions 9 of bracket ends 7 are provided with apertures 10, one round for receiving the rotating end pin of the curtainroller and the other rectangular for receiving the flat end pin thereof.

This device may be adjusted to the required width and fastened to the window-frame as between the bracket ends 7 by slightly springing. said ends apart, or the roller may first be placed thereon and the bracket fastened to the window-frame while holding the roller.

Should it be desired to use a roller longer The retaining means can consist of a nail, screw, or the hke driven through each of slots 6 after the bracket-sections are adthan the Width of the Window-frame, sections 1 and 2 can be adjusted so as to form a device longer than the Width of the Window-frame and to cause the bracket ends 7 to project beyond said Window-frame.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A two-part curtain-bracket of the character described composed of two interfitting members, each provided with a slot near its outer end for the reception of securing means, the one member having overturned flanges constituting a guide and confining means for the 

